Soul Nebula in Hydrogen Alpha Light
I was able to take a short stack of the Soul Nebula in Ha light for a 1st light image with my newly acquired ZWO ASI-1600MM-C camera. I was quite impressed at the level of detail I was able to capture under light polluted suburban skies with only 28 minutes of total integration.
Equipment:
ZWO ASI1600MM-C Camera
(gain: 74, offset: 13)
Software Bisque MyT Mount
Stellarvue SVQ100 Astrograph Refractor, 580mm @ f/5.8
Astrodon 5nm Ha filter, 31mm
Software:
Pixinsight Commercial Version 1.8
Lightroom CC
Light Frames:
10 x 120 secs (20 mins)
2 x 240 secs ( 8 mins)
Dark Frames:
10 x 120 secs (20 mins)
10 x 240 secs (40 mins)
Bias Frames:
100 x 0.00032 secs
Flat Frames:
10 x 25 secs
Located about 6,500 light years away, the Soul Nebula spans about 100 light years.
Additional info from excerpts about the Soul Nebula from Wikipedia:
Westerhout 5 (Sharpless 2-199, LBN 667, Soul Nebula) is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia. The object is more commonly called by the cluster designation IC 1848. This complex is the eastern neighbor of IC1805 (Heart Nebula) and the two are often mentioned together as the "Heart and Soul".
